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Passerine vs Mousebird - What's the difference?

passerine | mousebird |

As nouns the difference between passerine and mousebird

is that passerine is any bird of the order passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species while mousebird is any of a group of possibly passerine arboreal birds of order coliiformes , confined to sub-saharan africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.

As an adjective passerine

is of, or relating to a passerine or perching bird.

passerine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or relating to a passerine or perching bird.

    • Anagrams

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    mousebird

    English

    (wikipedia mousebird)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of a group of possibly passerine arboreal birds of order Coliiformes , confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.

    • Synonyms

    *coly